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. Application filed July 24,

To all fio/mm t may concern:

Be it known that I, LEWIS D. YOUNG, a citizen of the United States,residing at Providence, in the county of Providence and 5 State of RhodeIsland, have invented new and useful Improvements in Boxes, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in boxesand pertains more especially to boxes of the type used for containingand displaying various articles, such as jewelry, cologne bottles, etc.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a box of this type inwhich the body is composed of a supporting base and an independentlyformed inner or tray member, the bottom of the latter also forming thebottom of the body and being connected thereto so as to constitute apractically onepiece structure.

A further object of the invention is .to provide a tray which projectsupwardly from the base and cooperates therewith to form holding flangesand a seat for the '25 cover so as to effectively retain and support thecover in closed position.

The invention still further aims to provide novel means for hingedlyconnecting the cover to the body and has other and further objects whichwill be later set forth and manifested in the course of the followingdescription.

In the drawings:

Figure 1, is a perspective view of the 25- invention, the cover of thebox being closed;

Figure 2, is a section on line 2-2 of Figure 1, and

Figure 3, is a section on line 3 3 of Figure 1.

In proceeding in accordance with the present invention, an open base isprovided which includes sides 1 and ends 2, the corners of which areextended downwardly to form substantially L-shaped supporting feet '153. A tray having a bottom 4, sides 5 and ends 6 is inserted in the openbase and is fixedly secured thereto in any suitable manner, such as forinstance by gluing. The bottom 4 of the base is disposed to lie flushwith the bottom edges of the sides 1 and ends 2 thereof and to have itssides 5 and ends 6 engage with and against the inner faces of the sides1 and ends 2 respectively, of the base. The tray sides and ends are ofsuch width so that the upper sides thereof will base,

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project upwardly above the sides and ends of the base so as to formcover engaging flanges.

The cover 8 has sides and ends 9 and 10 respectively for engagement overthe projecting or flange-forming portions of the tray and is formed toseat on the upper edges of the sides and ends of the base. A cloth stripis employed to hingedly connect ythe cover to the body, the upper sides11 of the strip being glued to the rear side of the cover, while thelower side 11a of the strip is glued between the rear side of the trayand the rear side of the open base. Finishing material 12, which may beof paper, is glued to the rear sides of the back and cover and concealsthe hinging cloth strip 11 from one side thereof, while a piece ofsateen or other material 13 is glued to the inner face of the rear sideof the tray and to the top of the cover soas to conceal the oppositeside of the hinging cloth strip. The cover and body interior may beprovided with a padded facing (not shown) if desired.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is 1. In a box, a body including an open basehaving sides and ends the corners of which are extended downwardly toform supporting feet of approximately L-shape, a tray having a bottom,sides and ends arranged inA the base and with its bottom substantiallyflush with the lower edges of thesides and ends of the base so as toform a bottom for 90 the latter, the upper parts of the tray sides andends extending above the base sides and ends to form cove: engagingflanges, a cover, a iiexible hinge strip secured at one side to theouter face of the rear side of the cover and at its opposite sidebetween the rear sides of the tray and base, and finishing stripssecured to the body and cover and extending on opposite sides of thehinge strip to conceal the latter.

2. In a box, a body including an open a tray fitted in the Vbase andhaving a bottom forming the bottom of the base and thereby of the body,the upper parts of trayy extending above the base to form coverengagingflanges, a cover and a flexible hinge strip secured Iat one side to thecover and at its opposite side between the tray and base.

3. In a box, a body including an open im base, a tray tted in thebaseand having a bottom forming the bottom of the base and thereby ofthe body, the upper parts of the tray extending above the base to 5orm`oover`-engaging flanges,` a cover, a flexible hinge strip secured atone side to the cover and at its opposite side between the tray vandbase, and finishing strips secured to the tray andveover and to the baseand @over and disposed on opposite sides of l0 the hinge strip toconceal the lat-ter. l

In testimony whereof I have signedv my 11a-me 'to' this specification.

LEWIS D. YOUNG.

